Join us at the RCPCH Conference 2025

The General Paediatrician -Innovate, Integrate and Inspire

The British Association of General Paediatricians will be running a Specialty Session at the RCPCH Conference on Thursday 27th March 2025

Session Chairs

Chairs Group 1

  • Dr Katrina Cathie – Consultant General Paediatrics and Paediatric Research
  • Professor Colin Powell – Retired Consultant General Paediatrics

Chairs Group 2

  • Dr Louisa Pollock – Consultant General Paediatrics
  • Dr Pramodh Vallabhaneni – Consultant General Paediatrics

Guest Speakers

Dr Marianne Leach
Consultant Acute General Paediatrician/Ambulatory care
St Georges University Hospital
MRCPCH, MD, MSc Clinical Paediatrics, MA Strategic Clinical leadership
Chartered Manager FCMI

Dr Lee Hudson
Clinical Associate Professor GOS UCL Institute of Child Health, London
Consultant General Paediatrician Great Ormond Street Hospital

Program Schedule


Session 1 (1:30 PM – 2:20 PM)

1:30 – 1:35 (5 min)
Introduction and Welcome
BAGP and GAPRUKI

1:35 – 1:55 (15 + 5 min)
Innovate, Integrate, Inspire: Pioneering the Future of General Paediatrics
Dr Marianne Leach

1:55 – 2:15 (15 + 5 min)
Mental Health acute admissions to paediatric wards – MAPS study results overview
Dr Lee Hudson

2:15 – 2:20 Speed Poster Presentations (1 minute each)

  • #8214 – Understanding mental health admissions to general paediatric settings: The Mental Health Admissions to Paediatric Wards Study (MAPS)
  • #7769 – The experience of patients and caregivers with a paediatric hospital at home service
  • #8211 – How has paediatric chronic pain management changed over the last decade?
  • #8297 – Paracetamol Overdose Management – A Retrospective Study of Compliance to TOXBASE Guidance and SNAP
  • #8360 – Exploring parental anxiety and family functioning during Whole Genome Sequencing for undiagnosed paediatric rare conditions: A multi-site quantitative survey

Coffee Break and Poster Walk (2:20 PM – 2:50 PM)


Session 2 (2:50 PM – 3:45 PM)

2:50 – 3:20 Oral Presentations (5 minutes each)

  • #8254 – Acute Medical Risk in Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
  • #7997 – RSV Burden on Ireland’s Tertiary Children’s Hospitals: An In-Depth Winter 2023/2024 review
  • #8417 – Local Child Health Teams increase healthcare access for children with deprivation and unmet need
  • #8198 – Trends in severe enterovirus infection in infants in the West of Scotland: a clinical surveillance study 2019, 2022 and 2023

3:20 – 3:35 (10 + 5 min)
Adapting the way we work to meet today’s needs
Professor Steve Turner, RCPCH President

3:35 – 3:40 (5 min)
Prize-giving: Best posters and oral presentations
Professor Steve Turner, RCPCH President

3:40 – 3:45 (5 min)
BAGP and GAPRUKI –how to get involved
BAGP and GAPRUKI